Internet Contracts in Scotland

Internet
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Internet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internet over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 107 123
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 +36
Contract jobs citing Internet 13 18 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.78% 0.87% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.03% 8.22% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 29
10th Percentile £191 £130 £120
25th Percentile £243 £149 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £188 £175
Median % change year-on-year +104.67% +7.14% -66.67%
75th Percentile £427 £221 £500
90th Percentile £563 £304 £550
UK median daily rate £408 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -16.41% -2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £19.00 £17.68
25th Percentile - £31.75 £20.56
Median hourly rate - £60.50 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year - +134.95% +17.05%
75th Percentile - £60.75 £30.56
90th Percentile - - £33.23
UK median hourly rate £14.20 £23.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year -39.96% +5.11% -18.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 185 219 362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.09% 10.55% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 132 225
10th Percentile £181 £178 £160
25th Percentile £313 £229 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -9.58% +1.25%
75th Percentile £497 £566 £540
90th Percentile £542 £633 £588
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 23
10th Percentile - £12.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% +38.83% -74.17%
75th Percentile £23.53 £30.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £58.97
UK median hourly rate £41.45 £45.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -7.89% +136.84% -33.33%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in Scotland

Internet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Internet in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Internet in Scotland

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in Scotland

Internet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Internet in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Internet in Scotland

Internet
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -7 5 £388 +3.33% 9
Edinburgh +4 4 £200 -8.05% 9
West Lothian -1 3 £188 +25.84% 1
Internet
UK

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (15.38%) CMS
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Analytics
1 2 (15.38%) Google Analytics
2 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.69%) Intranet
3 1 (7.69%) MQTT
3 1 (7.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) TestComplete
1 1 (7.69%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) IT Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) PMO Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) PMO Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) CSS
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
1 2 (15.38%) J2EE
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (7.69%) CMDB
3 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (7.69%) IoT
3 1 (7.69%) N-Tier
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Unix
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Time Management
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) ITSM
2 5 (38.46%) Service Management
3 4 (30.77%) Application Packaging
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Server Management
4 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
5 2 (15.38%) Content Management
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) OO
5 2 (15.38%) OOD
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Security Management
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ISEB
2 1 (7.69%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
3 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.69%) NCSC
3 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Meraki
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Avaya
3 1 (7.69%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow